COVINGTON & BURLING
Total Donated
$5,335,841
Contributions
8,605
Unique Donors
359
Top Employer
COVINGTON & BURLING
Contributors who listed COVINGTON & BURLING on federal itemized receipts account for $5,335,841, according to FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault. The cluster is 8,605 contributions from 359 donors — the smallest unique-person count among the three law-firm strings in this batch. COVINGTON & BURLING is the ampersand partnership form as typed, not a NAICS legal-services total, not the firm’s PAC, and not COVINGTON & BURLING LLP. Unitemized gifts stay outside the $5,335,841.
Key figures
- COVINGTON & BURLING as FEC employer text totals $5,335,841 from 359 donors.
- 8,605 contribution lines sit under that ampersand partnership string.
- SKADDEN ARPS and VINSON & ELKINS are separate FEC keys.
- The label is self-reported form text, not a NAICS industry or firm PAC total.
Ampersand D.C. partnership string
LobbyVault ranks grouped employer text. COVINGTON & BURLING is the two-name form with an ampersand. The $5,335,841 total is those itemized individual gifts. It is not lobbying-disclosure dollars, not a D.C. bar roster, and not a NAICS rollup of all law-firm employers. People who typed COVINGTON AND BURLING, COVINGTON & BURLING LLP, or COVINGTON sit in other rows if stored that way.
The FEC field is not a human-resources export across regulatory, litigation, and corporate groups. Alumni who still type COVINGTON & BURLING remain in the 359. LobbyVault does not recode those spelling variants into this ampersand key. Occupation pages show titles stored beside the firm.
359 donors and 8,605 lines
359 unique donors produced 8,605 COVINGTON & BURLING contribution lines totaling $5,335,841. That is on the order of 24 itemized receipts per donor. Among the three law-firm strings in this batch, the 359-donor count is the tightest unique-person file. SKADDEN ARPS and VINSON & ELKINS remain separate keys with their own pages. The packet does not publish a mean gift or a partner-versus-associate split.
Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and the firm’s committee PAC filings are outside the $5,335,841 unless an individual receipt itself carries this employer string. Unitemized gifts never appear. Coverage is federal itemized individual receipts only.
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Questions
- How much have COVINGTON & BURLING-listed donors given federally?
- LobbyVault attributes $5,335,841 to the COVINGTON & BURLING employer string, from 8,605 contributions and 359 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not the firm’s PAC and not a NAICS legal-services total. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
- Is this Covington & Burling PAC spending?
- No. The $5,335,841 total is individual contributions whose employer text grouped to COVINGTON & BURLING. Firm treasury and committee PAC filings are other FEC categories. LobbyVault does not fold those documents into this industry row. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
- Does this include Skadden or Vinson & Elkins lawyers?
- No. SKADDEN ARPS and VINSON & ELKINS are separate employer strings with their own pages. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text COVINGTON & BURLING. Lawyers who typed only ATTORNEY sit in occupation-style rows instead. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
- How many unique donors listed COVINGTON & BURLING?
- The rollup counts 359 donors and 8,605 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not a partnership headcount. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.
Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault.
Cycle-over-Cycle Trend
| Cycle | Total | Contributions | Donors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | $7,075 | 15 | 9 |
| 1982 | $5,500 | 7 | 4 |
| 1984 | $14,500 | 12 | 7 |
| 1986 | $14,000 | 19 | 8 |
| 1988 | $21,300 | 27 | 18 |
| 1990 | $9,770 | 33 | 22 |
| 1992 | $68,506 | 164 | 75 |
| 1994 | $45,085 | 94 | 44 |
| 1996 | $58,025 | 134 | 67 |
| 1998 | $42,678 | 111 | 44 |
| 2000 | $77,451 | 165 | 78 |
| 2002 | $52,335 | 108 | 61 |
| 2004 | $171,864 | 262 | 118 |
| 2006 | $243,733 | 341 | 128 |
| 2008 | $403,328 | 536 | 155 |
| 2010 | $107,738 | 166 | 78 |
| 2012 | $322,398 | 361 | 105 |
| 2014 | $204,790 | 238 | 58 |
| 2016 | $606,799 | 907 | 101 |
| 2018 | $396,125 | 794 | 74 |
Top Donors
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | City / State | Occupation | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KUHLIK, BRUCE | $126,200 | 26 | ARLINGTON, VA | — | 1996–2014 |
| 2 | JACOBSEN, MARK | $96,300 | 70 | ARLINGTON, VA | — | 1992–2014 |
| 3 | MOSES, ALFRED | $89,200 | 29 | WASHINGTON, DC | — | 1990–2014 |
| 4 | SAPP, JUDITH | $77,801 | 214 | ROCKVILLE, MD | — | 1992–2010 |
| 5 | VANDERSTAR, JOHN | $76,450 | 157 | ARLINGTON, VA | — | 1984–2014 |
| 6 | BERMAN, PAUL J | $59,700 | 96 | SILVER SPRING, MD | — | 1992–2014 |
| 7 | WALDRON, GERARD J | $45,550 | 53 | GREAT FALLS, VA | — | 1996–2014 |
| 8 | DOLIN, MITCHELL F | $35,500 | 29 | ALEXANDRIA, VA | — | 1992–2014 |
| 9 | DOUGLAS, JOHN W | $34,540 | 60 | CHEVY CHASE, MD | — | 1980–2008 |
| 10 | KUHLIK, BRUCE N | $29,117 | 8 | ARLINGTON, VA | — | 1998–2014 |
| 11 | BLAKE, JONATHAN D | $26,950 | 48 | WASHINGTON, DC | — | 1992–2014 |
| 12 | PASH, JEFFREY | $26,750 | 38 | WASHINGTON, DC | — | 1992–2014 |
| 13 | MCCARTIN, MUFTIAH | $25,442 | 53 | ARLINGTON, VA | ATTORNEY | 2010–2014 |
| 14 | COHEN, EDWIN S | $24,301 | 46 | WASHINGTON, DC | — | 1980–2006 |
| 15 | HUTT, PETER | $22,898 | 18 | ALEXANDRIA, VA | ATTORNEY | 2006–2014 |
| 16 | DASCHLE, NATHAN | $21,782 | 37 | WASHINGTON, DC | ATTORNEY | 2004–2014 |
| 17 | DE ARMENT, RODERICK | $20,825 | 33 | SPRINGFIELD, VA | — | 1986–2012 |
| 18 | LIVINGSTON, S WILLIAM | $20,600 | 44 | ALEXANDRIA, VA | — | 1990–2014 |
| 19 | FONG, IVAN | $20,275 | 19 | WASHINGTON, DC | — | 1992–2014 |
| 20 | HEMMER, J MICHAEL | $19,550 | 24 | WASHINGTON, DC | — | 2000–2014 |
| 21 | LYNCH, MARK H | $19,500 | 16 | WASHINGTON, DC | ATTORNEY | 2004–2012 |
| 22 | DEARMENT, RODERICK A | $17,750 | 36 | SPRINGFIELD, VA | — | 1986–2010 |
| 23 | SHAFER, JOHN | $17,702 | 33 | WASHINGTON, DC | — | 1994–2014 |
| 24 | DUKE, P. BENJAMIN | $17,162 | 34 | OYSTER BAY, NY | ATTORNEY | 2004–2014 |
| 25 | DE ARMENT, RODERICK A | $16,750 | 24 | SPRINGFIELD, VA | — | 1988–2014 |
| 26 | COLE, ADAM M | $16,671 | 23 | WASHINGTON, DC | — | 1996–2014 |
| 27 | WALDRON, GERARD | $15,528 | 28 | GREAT FALLS, VA | — | 1998–2014 |
| 28 | VANDERSTAR, JOHN MR | $15,450 | 34 | ARLINGTON, VA | — | 1992–2014 |
| 29 | Howard, Philip K. Mr. | $15,400 | 11 | New York, NY | — | 2000–2012 |
| 30 | FRIEDMAN, ANDREW H | $15,200 | 23 | WASHINGTON, DC | — | 1994–2014 |
| 31 | REICH, STEVEN | $14,375 | 26 | WASHINGTON, DC | — | 1992–2014 |
| 32 | FOLEY, SEAN F | $13,924 | 14 | WASHINGTON, DC | — | 1996–2014 |
| 33 | WINNER, SONYA D MS. | $13,800 | 14 | MILL VALLEY, CA | LAWYER | 2004–2012 |
| 34 | KORDE, RUKESH | $13,607 | 36 | SILVER SPRING, MD | ATTORNEY | 2004–2012 |
| 35 | CORWIN, CAROLYN FRANCES MS | $13,500 | 16 | WASHINGTON, DC | ATTORNEY | 2008–2014 |
| 36 | SIPES, CHRISTOPHER N | $12,950 | 12 | WASHINGTON, DC | ATTORNEY | 2004–2012 |
| 37 | WICHTERMAN, WILLIAM | $12,833 | 22 | FAIRFAX, VA | CONSULTANT | 2006–2014 |
| 38 | HOLDER, ERIC H JR | $12,500 | 12 | WASHINGTON, DC | — | 2002–2008 |
| 39 | STOCK, STUART C | $12,400 | 19 | WASHINGTON, DC | — | 1992–2010 |
| 40 | GREANEY, WILLIAM | $12,400 | 6 | MC LEAN, VA | LAWYER | 2008–2010 |
| 41 | VETA, D JEAN MS | $11,900 | 14 | ALEXANDRIA, VA | — | 1992–2014 |
| 42 | COHEN, TOD H | $11,450 | 13 | WASHINGTON, DC | — | 1996–2014 |
| 43 | SIPES, CHRISTOPHER NEIL | $11,300 | 4 | WASHINGTON, DC | ATTORNEY | 2012–2014 |
| 44 | BUFFON, CHARLES | $11,095 | 18 | WASHINGTON, DC | — | 1992–2014 |
| 45 | SIEGEL, ADAM | $10,950 | 8 | SUMMIT, NJ | ATTORNEY | 2008–2012 |
| 46 | BUFFON, CHARLES E | $10,250 | 24 | WASHINGTON, DC | — | 1992–2006 |
| 47 | WIMMER, KURT | $10,100 | 9 | ALEXANDRIA, VA | — | 1996–2012 |
| 48 | REMES, DAVID H | $10,100 | 12 | WASHINGTON, DC | — | 1992–2008 |
| 49 | MOSES, ALFRED MR. | $10,000 | 1 | WASHINGTON, DC | ATTORNEY | 2004 |
| 50 | MORGAN, LINDA JOAN | $10,000 | 6 | BETHESDA, MD | ATTORNEY | 2006–2014 |
Top Recipients
| # | Committee | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ACTBLUEC00401224 | $842,343 | 1,305 |
| 2 | HARRIS VICTORY FUNDC00744946 | $366,975 | 420 |
| 3 | OBAMA FOR AMERICAC00431445 | $171,676 | 1,264 |
| 4 | DSCCC00042366 | $163,305 | 881 |
| 5 | DCCCC00000935 | $127,677 | 857 |
| 6 | DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603 | $113,435 | 1,276 |
| 7 | EMILYS LISTC00193433 | $112,815 | 449 |
| 8 | OBAMA VICTORY FUND 2012C00494740 | $109,733 | 517 |
| 9 | PRIORITIES USA ACTIONC00495861 | $101,000 | 18 |
| 10 | WINREDC00694323 | $99,502 | 290 |
| 11 | THE MARKEY COMMITTEEC00196774 | $75,200 | 396 |
| 12 | FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE PACC00703975 | $71,473 | 618 |
| 13 | COVINGTON AND BURLING LLP PACC00462630 | $63,227 | 78 |
| 14 | FRIENDS OF MARK WARNERC00438713 | $60,900 | 773 |
| 15 | HILLARY VICTORY FUNDC00586537 | $49,937 | 513 |
| 16 | NRSCC00027466 | $49,031 | 176 |
| 17 | HILLARY FOR AMERICAC00575795 | $46,963 | 395 |
| 18 | JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCC00383653 | $45,702 | 608 |
| 19 | FORWARD TOGETHER PACC00412791 | $37,550 | 283 |
| 20 | HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENTC00431569 | $35,950 | 306 |
| 21 | KAINE FOR VIRGINIAC00495358 | $35,800 | 502 |
| 22 | NRSC TARGETED STATE VICTORYC00724344 | $35,500 | 4 |
| 23 | OBAMA VICTORY FUNDC00451393 | $32,950 | 356 |
| 24 | FRIENDS OF SCHUMERC00346312 | $32,650 | 310 |
| 25 | REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00003418 | $28,440 | 372 |